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July 1, 2013

One last look at the Supreme Court term, Cal Thomas and the death of restraint, disabling Social Security

Today's news and a four-part review of the Supreme Court's hectic final week before the end of the term, plus: commentary by Cal Thomas on a generation doing what's right in its own eyes, a report on a House probe into the financial troubles facing the Social Security disability program, Warren Cole Smith on a busy week ahead for the markets, and more

The Supremes on marriage: Throwing off all restraint

Commentator Cal Thomas says: "Even a secular person ought to answer a question before removing such an important cultural underpinning as traditional marriage: If marriage is no longer to be reserved for one man and one woman, as it has for millennia in many different cultures and religions, what is the new standard and on what is it based?"

Congress looks into possible mismanagement in the Social Security disability program

Americans receiving disability benefits has doubled since President Obama took office, and House oversight investigators are looking into questions that administrative law judges are being pressured to approve benefits appeals.